Javascript Access to Basic Wordpress Functions

[mneil]

I believe it would be useful for developers to add a few of the core functions of wordpress into JavaScript. For instance, I find myself needing the site url often. I know there are a few JS contants wordpress provides, like ajax_url ( and I believe the site url is also available), but to put these into a format like php would be useful.

Example:

<script>

function bloginfo(s)
{

if(!s)s = "wpurl";
this.wpurl = "<?php bloginfo("wpurl"); ?>";

return this[s];

}

console.log(bloginfo("wpurl"));

</script>

This file could easily be generated and included into the wordpress head so that at least basic data can be retrieved in a similar manner in both JavaScript and PHP. If there is any interest in this at all I would be happy to help come up with the full solution.

[scribu]

You're free to pass whatever data you like using wp_localize_script().

No need to clutter the js window object with variables that are only used by plugins.

[scribu]

More to the point, yes, bloginfo('wpurl') is more familiar than MyPluginData.wpurl, but the overhead is just not worth it.